Is the 2000 CDC growth reference appropriate for developing countries?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-268

  Roberfroid, Dominique ^a   Lerude, Marie Paule ^b   Pérez Cueto, Armando ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b République Démocratique du Congo   (Belgium)

Author keywords

1978 NCHS WHO; 2000 CDC; Growth reference; Nutritional survey; Wasting

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; WASTING SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646491744     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005838     Document Type: Review

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